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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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