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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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