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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These 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
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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