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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
