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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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