MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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