MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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