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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
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.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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