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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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