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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|