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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|