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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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