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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
