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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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