MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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