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 Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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