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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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