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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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