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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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