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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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