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
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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