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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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