MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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