MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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