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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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