MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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