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.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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