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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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