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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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