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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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