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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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