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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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