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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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