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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
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.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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