MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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