MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates 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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