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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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