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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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