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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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