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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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