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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually 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 many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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