MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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