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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|