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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually 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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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