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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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