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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|