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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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