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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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