MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also articulates 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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