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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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