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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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