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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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