MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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