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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important 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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