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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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