MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
