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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
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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