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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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