MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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