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.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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