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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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