MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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