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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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