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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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