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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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