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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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