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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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