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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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