MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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