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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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