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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
undertakings.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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