MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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