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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|