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.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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