MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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