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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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