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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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