MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|