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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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