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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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