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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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