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.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
normally 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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