MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning enable
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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