MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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