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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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