MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major 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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