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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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