MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
normally 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 several
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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