MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|