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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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