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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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