MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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