MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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