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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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