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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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