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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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