MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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