MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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