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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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