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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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