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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
