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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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