MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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