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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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