MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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