MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
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
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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