MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in 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 online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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