MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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