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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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