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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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