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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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