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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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