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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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