MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
