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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting 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 book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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