MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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