MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses 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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