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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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