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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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