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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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