MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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