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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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