MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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