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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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