MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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