MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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