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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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