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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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