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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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