MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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