MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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