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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|