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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
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 lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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