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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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 many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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