MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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