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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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