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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|