MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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