MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|