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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
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
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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