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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|