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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
