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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
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
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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