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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
People want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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