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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners 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 lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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