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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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