MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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