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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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