MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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