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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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