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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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