MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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