MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|