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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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