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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|