MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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