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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students 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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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