MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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