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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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