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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
