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 is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
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.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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