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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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