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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
