MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – 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
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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