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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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