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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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