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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
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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