MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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