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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
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
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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