MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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