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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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