MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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