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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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