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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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