MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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