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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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