MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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