MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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