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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
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
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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