MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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