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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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