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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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