MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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