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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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