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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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