MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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