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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
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 several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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