MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
