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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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