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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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