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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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