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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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