MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
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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