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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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