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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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