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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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