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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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