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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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