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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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 a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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