MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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