MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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