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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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