MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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