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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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