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.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important 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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