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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily 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 a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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