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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
commonly 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 a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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