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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
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
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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