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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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