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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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