MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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