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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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