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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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