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 is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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