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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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