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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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