MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes 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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