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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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