MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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