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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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