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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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