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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
