MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|