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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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