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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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