MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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