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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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