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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
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
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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