MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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