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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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