MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes 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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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