MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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