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
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Togo to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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