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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|