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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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