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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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 numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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