MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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