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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|