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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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