MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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