MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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