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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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