MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|