MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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