MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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