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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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