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 is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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