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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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