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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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