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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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