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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
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 lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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