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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students 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
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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