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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|