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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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