MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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