MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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