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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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