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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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