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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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