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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
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
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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