MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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