MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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