MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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