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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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