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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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