MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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