MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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