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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically 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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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