MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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