MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important 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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