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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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