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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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