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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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