MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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