MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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