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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students 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
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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