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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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