MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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