MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
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
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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