MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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