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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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