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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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