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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also researches 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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