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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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