MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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