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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
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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