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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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