MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
