MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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