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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
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 numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mali to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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