MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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