MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online 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
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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