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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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