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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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