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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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