MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
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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