MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|