MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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