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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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