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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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