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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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