MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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