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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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