MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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