MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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