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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly 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
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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