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
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students 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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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