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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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