MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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