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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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