MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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