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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Aland to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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