MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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