MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|