MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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