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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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