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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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