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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open 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 a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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