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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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