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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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 several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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