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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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