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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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