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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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