MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
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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