MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|