MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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
learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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