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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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