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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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