MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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