MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|