MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|