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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually 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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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