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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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