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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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