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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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