MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
elearning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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