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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
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
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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