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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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