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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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