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.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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