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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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