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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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