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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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