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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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