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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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