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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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