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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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