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
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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