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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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