MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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