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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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