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.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|