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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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