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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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