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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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