MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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