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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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