MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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