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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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