MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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