MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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