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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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