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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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