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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online learning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes 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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