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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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