MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 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
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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