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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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