MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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