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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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