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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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