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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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