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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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