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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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