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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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