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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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