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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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