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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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