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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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