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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
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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