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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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