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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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