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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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