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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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