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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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