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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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 variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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