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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|