MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
