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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically 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 many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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