MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|