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 is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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