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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education enable
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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