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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses 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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