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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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