MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These 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
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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