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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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