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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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