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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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