MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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