MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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