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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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