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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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