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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant 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
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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