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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
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