MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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