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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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