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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 many
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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