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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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