MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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