MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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