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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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