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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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