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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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