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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|