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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students 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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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