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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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