MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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