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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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