MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually 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 lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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