MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
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 quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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