MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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