MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|