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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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