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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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