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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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