MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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