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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
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
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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