MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually 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 many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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