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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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