MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|