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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|