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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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