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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
