MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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