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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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