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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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