MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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