MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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