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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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