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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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