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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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