MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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