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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open 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 many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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