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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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