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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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