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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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