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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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