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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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