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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
