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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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