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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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