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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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