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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education enable
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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