MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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