MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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