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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students 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
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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