MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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