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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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