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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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