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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major 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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