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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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