MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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