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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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