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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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