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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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