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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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