MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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