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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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