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 is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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