MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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