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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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