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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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