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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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