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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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