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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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