MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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