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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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