MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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