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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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