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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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