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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
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
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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