MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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