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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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