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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
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
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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