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
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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