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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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