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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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