MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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