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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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