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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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