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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
