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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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