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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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