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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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