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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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