MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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