MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually 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.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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