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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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