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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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