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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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