MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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