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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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