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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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