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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
