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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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