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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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