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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants 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.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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