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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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