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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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