MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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