MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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