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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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