MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|